Earthquake, October 1878, El Salavdor

Submitted by administrator on Sun, 18/02/2007 - 22:15. Earthquakes – Landslide

Start date: 02/10/1878

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El Salvador

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On 2 October 1878 at 18:00 local time, an earthquake struck the town of Jacuapa causing extensive damage. The settlements of Chinameca, San Buenaventura, El Triunofo, Lolotioque and Nueva Guadelupe were also badly damaged, while a landslide triggered by the earthquake buried 14 people at El Tigre.

¹ Ambrayseys, N.N, Bommer, J.J, Buforn, E & Udias, A. 2001. The earthquake sequence of May 1951 at Jucuapa, El Salvador. Journal of Seismology. Vol. 5, pp 23-39.

Event overview table

No. Deaths	30
No. Injured	200
No. Affected
Houses destroyed
Houses damaged
Other damage
Economic cost

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